It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.
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I was very much fascinated with the technology we had that we could edit in the computer our compositions, but all the sounds that were available on the market were crap.
In 1983, before computers came along, it wasn't easy to do electronic basslines and rhythms.
The late sixties and early seventies were kind of a breeding ground for exciting new sounds because easy listening and folk were kind of taking over the airwaves. I think it was a natural next step to take that blissful, easy-going sound and strangle the life out of it.
The problem with music was always that the sound system often obliterated the words, and words, not music, have always been what I was about.
People doing the kind of sound research that I'm interested in still have a difficult time.
I came up not understanding that a lot of people didn't start to hear music until they went to college or were turned on by an older brother or sister.
That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.
I did sound for a number of years, so I know the pain of the sound mixer on a set where everybody was talking.
I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer.
People just loved the sound because I kept it simple.